voice activation

A voice-user interface makes spoken human interaction with computers possible, using speech recognition to understand spoken commands and answer questions, and typically text to speech to play a reply. A voice command device is a device controlled with a voice user interface.

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Alexa Can Now Read Emails, Prompt Location-Based Services
Alexa Can Now Read Emails, Prompt Location-Based Services
December 11, 2018  |  Alexa

Just in time for the holiday season, Amazon is adding a bunch of new features to its voice-activated digital assistant Alexa, including the ability to...

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Who’s Going In The Connected Car Driver’s Seat?
Who’s Going In The Connected Car Driver’s Seat?
September 24, 2018  |  Innovation

Before there was Alexa, Bixby, Siri and Google Assistant, there was Emma Nutt. Emma Nutt, born in 1860 in a small town in Maine, was...

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Will Prime Day Be A Big Power Boost For Alexa?
Will Prime Day Be A Big Power Boost For Alexa?
July 12, 2018  |  Alexa

When a consumer talks to a voice assistant, odds are very good that Alexa‘s is the digital voice they will hear. According to eMarketer data,...

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Free Alexa: Disentangling Voice Commerce From The Power Cable
Free Alexa: Disentangling Voice Commerce From The Power Cable
June 28, 2018  |  Alexa

Alexa may be on the move. A California-based chipmaker, DSP Group, is working on a small, standardized chip that device manufacturers can use to embed...

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Yandex Eats Up Russian Market Share With Plus Membership, Smart Speaker
Yandex Eats Up Russian Market Share With Plus Membership, Smart Speaker
May 30, 2018  |  Voice Activation

Amazon, Google and Apple are all gunning to become the biggest name in the global smart speaker market, but Russia is one country that has...

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Alexa Snafu Raises Concerns For Smart Speaker Skeptics
Alexa Snafu Raises Concerns For Smart Speaker Skeptics
May 25, 2018  |  Voice Activation

Many have worried that Amazon’s Alexa is spying on them through their Echo device. Others, like this Oregon family, merely joked about it — until...

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Google Beats Amazon In Q1 Smart Speaker Shipments
Google Beats Amazon In Q1 Smart Speaker Shipments
May 24, 2018  |  Google

Google might be feeling pretty smart today about its high-tech Home and Home Mini speakers. That’s because a new research report puts Google ahead of...

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The Chatbot Revolution: When, Not If
The Chatbot Revolution: When, Not If
May 17, 2018  |  Voice Activation

Sometime around the year 2000, small business (SMB) owners woke up one day and realized they needed a website. The case for SMBs having their...

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Silent Commands Compromise Security For Alexa, Siri
Silent Commands Compromise Security For Alexa, Siri
May 11, 2018  |  Voice Activation

Researchers have discovered possible security implications for digital assistants such as Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, and Google’s Assistant. According to a report in The New...

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